HUGE Clear Out | Autumn Arrives at English Vegetable Garden
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2024
- Hello and welcome to October! Autumn has officially arrived at the home allotment and it’s time to start the BIG clear out. This was an emotional time, quite overwhelming for Clare, to say goodbye to her first summer season with the new kitchen garden.
Ten beds are cleared in this video. That was a lot of work and a pretty monumental change to the appearance of the veg plot. It’s quite drastic.
Clare also harvests some crops, including the beetroot she mentioned in last week’s plot tour and puts up seed catching defences on the fennel.
This episode also shows you around her recent trip to Malvern Autumn Show last weekend. It was brilliant and I thoroughly recommend it to you to visit next year. Best show of the season by far. #Malvernautumnshow2024
There’s also a brief discussion about what’s coming in next week’s video.
@If you like this video, and you aren’t already subscribed, please do consider subscribing. A thumbs up or a comment really help to grow Clare’s channel. She replies to every comment as she loves the community of friends growing in the chat section.
Channels mentioned in this video:
@dogontheplot @TheRightPearPlot @TheGrowUpChannel @doras.allotment @RobinGardens @SundaysInTheGarden @jennywrenslife
Thank you to all of the following channels who were also at Malvern and made the day special for Clare by their presence.
@annieskitchengarden818 @JanesGrowingGarden @ThatsWhatWeCallTheGoodLife@ThatBritishHomestead @THEYOUNGARDENER @DigwellGreenfingers @adysveggarden @GemInTheGarden @Feelgoodgardens @simplifygardening
Organza Bags on the fennel :
#growyourownfood #allotment #gardeningforbeginners #kitchengarden #raisedbedgardening #composting #garden #gardening #gardeningmakesmehappy
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A composting question for you (and the viewers) - do you put flowerheads in the compost? I’m wanting to (lazy), but fearing all those seeds popping up as plants when I spread the compost. My composting skills do not yet make hot compost, so no heat to kill the seeds.
Never mind 🤭 Less than a minute and you gave your answer.. 😅
LOL x
I know so many people do put the flower heads in theirs, especially when growing at an allotment site. For me, I pay for my green waste to be removed, so I thought I’d just put them in the bin. They heat treat the council compost, so more likely to deal with the weed seeds. I don’t think my compost gets hot enough, for long enough, to effectively deal with them.
Tough one though, especially if you’re short of greens anyway. I’d love to know what others do and how much of a problem it is.
@@TheFarmyardGarden Same here, I send the seed heads to be hot composted by the refuse company. I have deadheaded the plants to keep the rest for composting. It’s so time consuming though, not sure I have it in me to keep it up. There are so many other more interesting things to do 🤷♀️😄
@Ragt0p like window shopping at the local garden centre? My favourite pastime 😂
You are very welcome for the seeds, Clare 😊 what a wonderful time we all had! 🪴💚
I know how you feel about things drawing to a close. 😢 it’s been a joy to follow your journey this year. Though I am looking forward to catching my breath a little before all the excitement of next years sowing and growing begins. And of course the winter crops too! Look forward to hearing what you have planned in the next video! Have a lovely week 😊🪴💚
It was so lovely to meet you. You’re such a beautiful soul and I cannot wait to meet you
It really is sad to say goodbye to the season but I looking forward to seeing how the tunnel performs over this coming winter.
I’ve been potting on today. Sooo much to do
@@TheFarmyardGarden yes! We are always kept busy even when the season calms down a bit, aren’t we? I have got so many bulbs to get in. Hoping to get to that this weekend 🤞🏻 and want to plant my garlic and onions too 😊 have a great week 😊🪴💚
Yes! Exactly what I needed - an excuse not to go out in the freezing garden to tidy up 😂😂 Thank you for saving me! I’m counting on the rain coming back before the video is finished 🤞😅🤭
Ha..this made me laugh out loud! I hope the weather played ball for you? I was outside getting wet but it’s currently sunny and windy here.
Well, I succumbed… I’m trying to paint my garden shed before the temperature gets to cold. So I braved the drizzle to put a second coat on the trim around the doors. We’ve put up a tarp up to shield that side, so I tell myself it can be accomplished 😆
And I may go back out with a rain coat to do a little tidying or figuring out where to place the flowering bulbs I’m determined will get in the ground this year..
@Ragt0p oh well done! Very productive! I need to re-weather shield our garden room. I keep putting it off but I’m running out of time.
You’ve also reminded me I have sooo many new bulbs to plant too
Lots and lots of flowers look so nice
My sunflower heads went mouldy, too. I have treated my self to some new seeds. Great to do an autumn clearout.
I’m trying again but not quite sure what I did wrong. Maybe I should have just harvested the seeds earlier? I’m not sure 😅
I also have some new seeds for next year too 😅😅❤️
I'm already excited and planning for next season. Can't wait
I’m getting more excited as time goes on but it’s still sad to see the plot lose so much height and greenery. I’ll be over it soon.. been potting on this morning
I have a better understanding of what to plant where next season now, more mindful of the light blocking certain plants create
@@TheFarmyardGarden you've done so well and I love your surprise and excitement. Keep up that energy. Hopefully we all have a better year next year else it's going to be hanging baskets lol x
I hope I never get complacent for the harvests and keep the delight and excitement for it. I need that enthusiastic energy to motivate me, especially over the cold and dark months.
@@TheFarmyardGarden clare that's what you've got us for to keep you on track lol.
My grandad had an allotment for years before his home garden and I never remember him being anything but enthusiastic in his way. Sitting on the back doorstep cutting up runner beans and sharing his harvest. Beautiful memories. I often think I must be mad the times I've sown tomatoes and never got anything but still I try and now I've expanded out of tubes and loving it (I don't include this year) .
Tbh Clare you don't see many unhappy gardeners only the fair weather ones.
The competition with your sister should definitely keep you going if nothing else lol xx
Great video Clare and great to meet up at Malvern, albeit very briefly LOL
Yes, you too. Very brief but lovely to see you Steve. We were, as usual, late 😂
Ahhh 😦 first frost. Wow it’s always sad when you start clearing it all away. Especially when it’s been so beautiful in the summer as it has in your garden
It’s devastating isn’t it? I feel so sad about it but I’m starting to realising planning for next year will be fun too xx
Hi Clare, thanks for the mention, I take out my brassica roots. Not due to club root but in case they have cabbage root fly maggots or larvae around the roots. I've lost a few to them this year. Thanks again.
That’s an extra good point, thanks Ady. I feel better about it now. I forgot about you and Maiju both suffering with the cabbage root fly 😭
What lovely bags
Fab update Clare ❤
Always feel a bit sad when it's time to pull up crops that you've lovingly grown. I'm still in late summer mode, I refuse to accept it's Autumn despite the Malvern Autumn Show 😂 Great meeting you ❤ xx
It really is so sad to say an official goodbye to summer isn’t it? Duncan remains defiant most of the year in his shorts…eternally optimistic of good weather ahead!
It was lovely to meet you and Doug too. Only a shame we all didn’t have longer to natter but I wanted to walk around too. Was a great show
@TheFarmyardGarden Yaeee Duncan I refuse to give up on Summer yet too 👍😂 x
@Feelgoodgardens he’ll be the same in January 😂
@@TheFarmyardGarden 😂😂😂 x
@@TheFarmyardGarden I'll have given in to Autumn and even winter by then and certainly won't be in shorts 😂😂😂 x
I always feel bad/ sad when it comes to clearing out as it's the end of the summer crops but it does feel good to clear out and get this ready for the autumn and winter crops.
We got the dreaded blight last week and what with the week of rain we are going to get before cold temps we are going to be clearing down the tomatoes and harvesting the one kuri squash we got. It's quite early for us but we have some spring cabbages and purple sprouting broccoli going in to cheer us up. I need to buy some more cabbages as we have had problems with germination.
Loved seeing all the footage of Malvern and the different POV's.
Looking forward to ordering seeds and planning for next year!
Have a great week Clare and take care. x
I had poor germination with cabbage too..but in my case it was before I forgot to sow them! Whoops. It’s been a funny season hasn’t it?
End of the season is so sad and I have felt really rather overwhelmed by it all this last few days. The summer season has seemed so short. Ridiculously short. Is it like this every year? I don’t remember it passing by in such a rush last year. I think growing year round will help lift the spirits and keep me motivated for next season too.
I have two uchiki kuri on my plant but they are tiny. Really tiny. My Jack be Little and Baby Boo are even smaller, more like an apple size. Malvern was great fun. Be lovely if you could visit one year. Hope you have a lovely week ahead x
@@TheFarmyardGarden We haven't had such a poor season like this before and i thought last year wasn't that great either! We now have 3 buckets of green tomatoes to ripen and haven't touched the containers or the front garden tomatoes yet.
I didn't count the other kuri we got that was about the size of a tennis ball and that's being generous.
Autumn and winter crops keep me going and planning. I love watching the live shows or like when Jane did those interviews. There's always next year as i say, to keep me hopeful. x
@AnyKeyLady I loved the interviews and the lives too. I don’t have the internet speed here to be able to host them myself 😂😅
I remember people telling last year was a bad year to start growing. Here’s hoping next year is third time lucky 😂😛
@@TheFarmyardGarden Fingers crossed for all of us Clare! Each year we learn and improve and also buy some stuff to invest in protecting or maintaining our crops. There will always be dips and troughs in the weather but for sure these past two or even 3 years, with the heatwave have been tough.
Our internet is not great as we have concrete walls and ceilings. British Gas wants to upgrade our smart meters but if our sky box can't connect 3m away from the router, not sure would good upgrading would be! We have to use TP adapters that use the internal electric powerlines for signal, instead of direct wifi. We have great internet speed on these access points. Sky came in recently and ran a cable from the router to the sky tv box and said they will send a tech team to put a permanent one in and that was months ago. I had to supply them gaffer tape to make the cable safe passing doorways as it is well dodgy. I used to work in IT and build these types of devices as well as data centres, etc. Kinda frustrating as i know it is a software/ hardware issue with the boxes and have to show them each time a new person visits. Have you thought about starlink? I don't know much about them other than they use satellites for wifi in remote areas.
Anyway, will keep an eye out if you do appear on someone's stream. I think that is how i found so many new people in the gardening community this year, apart from Ali! x
@AnyKeyLady we looked in to starlink and were shocked at how slow the internet speed they guarantee is too. Not much improvement on ours.. but for triple the monthly cost!
We are one of the last properties from the exchange, which means the signal just doesn’t travel to us. Too far away but not enough houses to route another exchange box to us.
It’s been terrible. I envy the speed others have. We have all many of devices to boost the signal through the house but our download speed is shockingly bad. Such a drag when tv is moving to streaming services more and more
Hi Claire, beautiful swedes. my swede has failed but I had great fennel so can't complain. Fennel often bolts but I've found the variety 'Rondo' is fairly good. They like to be kept moist. I wish I'd known that dogs were allowed to Malvern Autumn show as I had no one to sit them for the day. I was very disappointed when I found out, Too late, that dogs are allowed on Sundays. Hey ho, now I know I will definitely be there next year! I get your sadness about the end of the summer crops- I feel just the same every year. I love all the summer veggies. Such variety and range of flavours. I just harvested my beetroot. I am going to try and store some and pickle the rest. Happy gardening 🙂
Oh what a shame you didn’t know about the dogs being allowed on the Sunday. They had pre-sold 1300 dog tickets and more turned up to pay on the day. I loved seeing all the dogs.
Thanks for the variety too for the fennel. I’ll add that to my list. Really appreciate it. Shame you struggled with swede.
I am desperately sad about the summer season being over. It’s a sad time but I’m trying to look forward to the next season
Well done with your beetroot harvest. I managed to get two jars of pickled beets.
See you next week x
Hello, I was always told to plant two varieties of corn together because of pollination. Not sure if that is correct. Thanks for sharing your garden with us. Blessings
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Hi Vicki
Lovely to see you join the community. Welcome.
From advice I received during the summer, it seems we don’t want corn to cross pollinate as it can affect the flavour and make them not so delicious. Mine isn’t ripe enough yet, but I’ll keep you posted on whether it’s caused me any issues in the next few weeks. Hoping the sharp frosts hold off a bit so it has chance to ripen fully.
I like the small pumpkins as you can have to yourself
I love cleaning up. Need to catch up on everything at the minute though.
We've had two frosts already, going to rain for the next week up here though now 🫣
Loved your garden this year, looking forward to seeing cauliflowers next year 😂
We have changeable weather forecast too. Busy busy time
Two frosts already.. yikes! winter is really around the corner. Here’s hoping those cauliflower do work for next spring
I love cosmos
Hi Claire! I had a 4 day weekend, and planned to do the autumn turn around, but the weather is holding on for another couple of weeks, so I'm doing the same! Had one ever so slight frost last week, just on the edges of the beds and in the wild field. No damage, even to to tomatoes, aubergines, courgettes chillies etc. Phew! Still got lots of tomatoes to come. (Understatement!).
I tried to put my tray of chard and Chinese leaf for winter in the greenhouse ... But a certain wee 🐈⬛ of mine seems to have been "helping". He seems to have strong opinions about thinning my seedlings - he did the same to my lettuce in spring, and the beetroot last year. Mostly he leaves everything alone, he just seems to think crowded small leafy things are Not On!
I've been following your advice on the celeriac too! I'm definitely growing lots more next year. Since I have no luck with "neeps" (swedes). Possibly even this damp year was just too dry.
My fennel is doing the same. Plus I'd never know if it was fennel, chamomile, dill or horsetail fern (all of which grow pretty much right next to the fennel. I might use pop socks like you used the bags... I didn't get much you could call bulb either, but some chunky stems that I used, plus the frondy bits.
Hi Kirsty.
We got away lightly with the frost here too. Only the one courgette and the melons affected, but to be fair they were all pretty much end of season anyway. No new flowers on the courgette for a while. Pleased to hear you avoided any issues in your growing space. Phew!
Been warmer here since the frost but very windy and wet. Seems that’s also giving the squash a hard time too. Even my parsnips look a bit unhappy with the wind they’ve endured.
I cannot wait to harvest the celeriac. I’m very excited for it. Celeriac mash and soup are divine! I want to grow celery next year as well. I don’t like it in salads, so didn’t grow it. Forgot how important it is to soup and stews though. Silly me.
What a cheeky, helped puddicat you have. Well..I’m sure he thinks he’s helping anyway. He sounds like such a character. I love cats. Furry ninjas.
I didn’t think to use the stems…I just assumed if they had run to seed they’d be less usable from an edible perspective. Whoops!
Hope you have a great week. X
@@TheFarmyardGardenFelix is adorable - and he does his rodent control job perfectly.
Some of the fennel stalks are too tough, but some are ok. I'll hope for bulb next year!
My parsnips are ok, I guess they grew up with lots of wind. It's always windy here. But really they are sheltered by the greenhouse on the north west side and the hot beds to the west, so maybe that helps. Have eaten 3 huge ones :-)
I had a ton of celery seed this year from one that survived all year and went to seed. The insects LOVE it, also the beet gone to seed. I'll be sure to leave one deliberately this year!
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Hi Joe
Lovely to see you pop up in the comment community. Hope you are well x
Thanks for the mention Clare! Malvern was wonderful wasn't it. The beetroot sometimes don't bulb up due to poor food in the soil, spacing and watering (doubt it was watering haha) but next year not plant as many in the bed and give them a good feed once a month. We win some, we lose some! Swedes look fab! Danny 🌱
I multisowed last year and they all bulbed up together nicely, just removing the larger ones and letting smaller ones grow on. Been so weird this year. the foliage has been lovely though. Added to some salads over the last couple of days. I shall endeavour to make them a success next year ha
I did managed to get two jars of beets, so all was not lost.
Malvern was brilliant. I really enjoyed it. Can’t wait for Spring.
My very early beets were fine, the 2nd sowing like yours, mostly leaves and the later sown golden beetroot has been so so so slow to grow that I've lost hope.
I also don't want to let go of my summer season! It's sunny, I've still got lots growing, I don't want it to end!! 2 weeks then it really will be frosty...
@@kirstypollock6811 it’s scary how quickly our growing spaces are going to turn from summer audience to autumn and winter browness.
I’m so sad about but I’m sure I’ll soon turn my attention to next year.
Interesting to hear about your beets issues too. I feel quite reassured that I’m not alone 😭
lol 😂 I've seen the Malvern from 3 people now and it's all so different
No luck with beetroot this year either. In the last two years, I have had loads.
Weird isn’t it? I multi-sowed last year and they were brilliant
I have so many swede coming!!!😅
Ok that one is a little small
Planting the 2 types of corn together won't effect the taste
Did you direct sow or modular sow your beetroot?
i direct sowed some later, earlier ones were modular sown in the polytunnel
@@TheFarmyardGarden I find direct sowing better and thinning out, but a lot struggled getting them germinated… I find modular sowing a bit hit n miss as they really can be fussy with root disturbance if left too long in the cells
@Garden-of-weeden I probably left them far too long then. The ones I did as baby beets were direct sown last year
@@TheFarmyardGarden could just be one of those things hun! Next year you’ll be inundated with them…. Feast or famine lol x
@@Garden-of-weeden absolutely! I can well imagine. I’ll sow a bed full, more spread out, and be begging people to take some 😂